Thread: Range Rover P38 review

Quote " Oh yes, but with coils you do not have the constant paranoia every time you turn the key"

Hsssss.... paranoia....? what paranoia.... will the fuel pump start? are the doors properly shut? can I smell coolant... what's that book symbol on the HEVAC?

Treat the o-rings in the valve block and airbags as serviceable items...replace them every couple of years...it's cheap insurance. With the PDA version of EAS Unlock an old PDA running MS Pocket PC ver 4.2 with a serial cable connected to an OBDII plug ($10) and stored in the glovebox... all complete... with the compressor properly mounted it's barely audible when operating...

Well said Hoges.

The only thing I'm truly paranoid about in a P38A (other than deep water) is the temperature gauge... I watch it almost as often as the speedo.

Fair enough to you blokes who have converted to springs though. I can see merit in a simpler suspension system for offroad work. Still reckon you should've just bought a Disco II instead

Cheers, Paul.

as said before,if you know to fix by your self /go for it ,i dont.if you know how to play with computors /go for it,i dont.if you earn $100,000 a year/go for it ,i dont.as for valve block costs over thousand and some new ones dont even work /go for it ,i dont want it.serviceable items like 4x air bags and compressor failed me cost me $2,600 fitted/go for it .dont have that problem any more .as klink would say hogannnnnnnnnnnnnn.not argrueing ,air is best but $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.ps paulie dont like discos /girls car .i want a mans car /range rover .(you watch going to get shot by disco owners at next club meeting) and in my water encounter ,i won with a little bit of help.

Originally Posted by rofosixone

ps paulie dont like discos /girls car .i want a mans car /range rover .(you watch going to get shot by disco owners at next club meeting)

yep, pretty safe bet that the Disco owners are gonna hunt you down. Hope you're in your V8 Rangie as their TD5's won't have a hope of catching you (on the road)

I wouldn't call a Disco a girl's car... that moniker is reserved for the Freelander My wife's words not mine. I tried to buy her a P38A or a Disco but she wanted the Freelander 'coz "it's more of a woman's car".

To all the Freebie owners about to lynch me... I used to own/drive a Freelander rag-top and really liked it, I just like my Rangie better and I still get to enjoy driving my Wife's Freebie TD4.

accually quote came from my dad ,thought it was funny.by the way arnt we supose to hate jap 4x4s,i do.

Paul my car out runs discos 4x4ing it even outruns the older rangie and as for the disco II well i like my 4.6L with my rear traction control

Hodges - As for maintenance on the airbags yeah im sure if you spend a little money here and there and maintain it, it can be a great system i agree with you BUT no matter how much money you spend on maintaining the airbags you will still have bag failures and you will still have lines being split you will still have electrical faults and you will still have to replace a compressor....eventually.

those are some of the problems i faced so i decided a cheap way (when the economy was bad) was in import an arnotts spring conversion.

In my eyes for serious off road use i would elect going coils.

For on road and a little bit of off road stuff (light). I would probably stay with airbags as your not stressing them so they will last a long time.

Mike

Originally Posted by rofosixone

accually quote came from my dad ,thought it was funny.by the way arnt we supose to hate jap 4x4s,i do.

I guess the term "Disco Mum" is kinda appropriate considering about half of the Disco's I see are being driven by members of the fairer sex with children on board.

I don't hate Jap 4x4's, just don't want to drive one as I already have a RANGE ROVER

Suzuki Sierra's are a lot of fun though.

Disco owners are just lower class citizens, who cant afford a rangie.